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nml i mes WILLIAM s HARRIsoN, or.

@anni dit GERMANTOWN, TENNESSEE.

Lette-rs Patent No. 84,115, dated Novemberl?, 1868.

' napnovnn Wiseman/mennen l Thechedule referred to in these LettersPatent anni making part af the same.

To all whom. 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAMS. Hiunnsox,ofGei-T mantown, in the county of Shelby, andStnte of Ten# nessee, haveinvented a Clotlxcs-lVasliing Machine;

' and I do hereby declare that the following is a fu'll and hereinafterset forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construetion and its operation.

Figure 1, perspective drawing.

Letter'A represents the larger and outersemicircib lar wash-board;letter' B, the-smaller and inner circular wash-board; C represents theupright-s, attached to the inner wash-board; D, the upright attached tothe outer washf'board; is -a har; F, thenpright handles; G,

the'reach; h h, the zinc bottom of the tub; i, brace;

k k, stationary or movable rubbers; m, slot; n, offset; p, ring andhook; s, hinge; T, central bar.

Ais the' larger wash-board,-snspendedby the nprights D upon T, theccntralround of which is fastened across thel tub. This wash-boardis'semicircnlar; and working nearthe bottom of the tub.

' Bis the lesser wash-hoard, suspended on the central round'T bytheuprights C. This wash-hoard is also' circular in form. f

C is the npright,. attached to B, having slots m,

which allow the wash-hoard B tobe raised, .to admit the clot-hes betweenA and ll;

' D is the upright attached to A or the larger 'washhoard', and workin gon T, thevr lower or large bar, which is the centre of motion.

- En :he bar, connecting che @umarmen ae uprights, to the wash-boards,to give the motion to the boards from the hainles F.

connecting with the larger wash-hoard-A hyrineans of G, 'and with thesmaller boardlby means of E. ABy

is given to the whole machine. G is the har conneetingA, D, and F, atthejunction ot' A and. 1),by means of iron links or rings, at tached toD and G, and-at F by means of the end oi' the bar running from F to F.

i is the toli'board, on which F F, the handles, rest,

and work by means of hin-gases. f

k k are the rubbersof the wash-boards, A and B,

' v and are made movable or. immoyable, round, square, L

eoctagon, orany othershape.

. m is the slot in Q, to permit the wash-hoard B'to be laised. l

a is the ledgeor oifset,in the front of the Inachine. By detac-hing E, Bcan he thrown over, `so that the top l of C will rest on n.

p is the connecting iron rings between 1 and G.

s,v hinges, fastening F F to i. l

Tis the lwer har and centre of motion, supporting the wash-,bonnie V-Iain aware that one Iserxiiircular wash-board,work ing within another,and in an onposite direction', is noi new. 'f

What I claim, isil The flame F,,hinged at one end of the4 stationarytub, and provided with leversG,'connectingthe hoard A, and .with anadjustable lever` for operating the inand dcscri'bcd.

Witnesses i WILLIAM S. HARRISON.

W. B. DoNoHc, L"

' F are the handles, .working on hinges, attached to i,-

movi'ng these handles backwards and ihrwards, motionr a hl is the hotrhmof une tih, is eirc-nlarinfibmi, f made of zinc, having but a/shortspace betweenit terior hoard B, with slotted armsm, all as heiein shown"

